单词 | agami heron |
释义 | > as lemmasagami heron 2. In full agami heron. A long-billed heron, Agamia agami, native to swampy forests in Central and South America, having a dark green back and wings and a chestnut belly. Also called chestnut-bellied heron. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > miscellaneous types of boatbill1773 tiger-bittern1785 agami1793 long neck1823 soldado1852 cattle-egret1905 1793 J. Leslie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Birds VII. 366 The Agami Heron... Ardea Agami. Gmel. We know not why this Heron, which we received from Cayenne, had the name of Agami; unless because of the long feathers in the tail of both birds. 1832 Sat. Mag. 20 Oct. 149/2 The Agami Heron is a species of crane which is found in Cayenne, in South America. 1891 Proc. Zool. Soc. 465 A young Agami Heron (Ardea agami) from Surinam, presented September 25th by Mr. Frank. Fisher. 1913 W. W. Cooke Distrib. & Migration N. Amer. Herons 64 Agami Heron. Agamia agami (Gmelin). A nonmigratory species ranging west to Palenque, Chiapas. 1984 J. Hancock & J. Kushlan Herons Handbk. 180/1 The Agami Heron is at all seasons bottle-green above, chestnut below bordered white on the throat and neck. 2010 A. Davies in A. Davies & R. Miller Biggest Twitch vi. 176 One morning brought us a lovely Agami Heron seen at dawn on the river bank. < as lemmas |
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